The Tenth Circuit upheld a lower court decision vacating a prior order that set aside a U.S. Forest Service decision revoking a business' permits to operate a lodge and outfitter-guide…

The Ninth Circuit vacated as moot a dispute concerning the federal government's policy for listing killer whales under the Endangered Species Act. An environmental group filed suit after the…

A California appellate court reversed a lower court decision denying a petition to set aside a regional water board order requiring a company to perform a human health risk assessment in…

A district court held that a nonsettling potentially responsible party (PRP) may intervene in a consent decree between the United States and settling PRPs concerning the reimbursement of response…

A district court dismissed environmental groups' claim that the Department of Homeland Security's waiver of various federal environmental laws with respect to the construction of a fence…

A California appellate court held that a regional air quality district abused its discretion under the California Environmental Quality Act in issuing a negative declaration for an ultra low…

A California appellate court reversed a lower court's denial of a petition for a writ of mandate, which challenged the certification of an environmental impact report (EIR) under the…

The Ninth Circuit held that an insurance company had no duty to pay for the difference between the sale price received for polluted properties and the fair market value of the land had it been…

The Third Circuit affirmed a lower court’s grant of the government’s motion for summary judgment denying appellant’s claim that its environmental cleanup costs…

The Ninth Circuit held that a company's federal license allowing it to transport up to 12 passengers in "coastwise trade" off the coast of Maui as part of its parasailing business…